| January 5, 2006 |
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Harold Netland’s work is reassuring evidence that an Evangelical theology of religions faithful to biblical and philosophical Christianity that does not falter on tough questions or troublesome issues raised by the fact of modern religious diversity is possible and is progressing. Although I do not agree with all his assumptions without reservations, I highly recommend Encountering Religious Pluralism to serious students and scholars of theology of religions, including college or seminary teachers and students, somewhat more advanced pastors, and, of course, to missionaries.
Reviewed by Tony Richie
Publisher’s page: http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=1552
Tags: encountering, harold, netland, pluralism, religious
Category: Ministry, Winter 2006
About the Author: Tony Richie, D.Min, Ph.D., is missionary teacher at SEMISUD (Quito, Ecuador) and adjunct professor at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary (Cleveland, TN). Dr. Richie is an Ordained Bishop in the Church of God, and Senior Pastor at New Harvest in Knoxville, TN. He has served the Society for Pentecostal Studies as Ecumenical Studies Interest Group Leader and is currently Liaison to the Interfaith Relations Commission of the National Council of Churches (USA), and represents Pentecostals with Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the World Council of Churches and the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs. He is the author of Speaking by the Spirit: A Pentecostal Model for Interreligious Dialogue (Emeth Press, 2011) and Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Religions: Encountering Cornelius Today (CPT Press, 2013) as well as several journal articles and books chapters on Pentecostal theology and experience.
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